thereabouts

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Gentle reader, believe me that you will be rash in contradicting me unless you have done these things There or thereabouts--I will not say by the waters of which little river it is washed--is the parish of Oxney Colne.

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  1. adverb Near that place; about there: somewhere in Kansas or thereabouts.
  2. adverb About that number, amount, or time.

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  • Or thereabouts, as the actual total depends on international gold price variations. —  Fast Company
  • "One option we have discussed with them is playing three tests in England in mid-2010 or thereabouts, after the ODIs we are due to play against England in England," Young said.
  • Revised the title to reflect the fact that it's * now* or thereabouts, and to encourage people to report, if possible. —  Whedonesque | a weblog about Joss Whedon
  • Then, in 2003 or thereabouts, a lady named Alexandra Morton from the Broughton Archipelago, on the mainland opposite Port McNeil on Vancouver Island, came upon the scene. —  Tyee - Home
  • It's pretty clear that this is the same 26\% or thereabouts, the people who would be against President Obama and Democrats if they descended from Heaven ( "Trickery!" they would howl.) 26\% of this country is clearly stupid. —  Oliver Willis
 

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